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How often do party leaders of the Taoiseach campaign with candidates?
Hey I’m 15 I moved here when I was 12 so this is my first Irish election and I’m seeing a lot of videos about the Taoiseach going around campaigning with his party members helping them in their local area.
How often do they do this? And don’t they need to focus on their constituency?
02:03 UTC
Who will be the first Irish political party to leave X/Twitter?
Who do people reckon will be the first Irish political party to leave X/Twitter. I see all the accounts putting out pretty benign content and getting spam engagement or trolling. Surely it is a sunk fallacy for most parties/organisations now.
21:08 UTC
What parties aren't planning to stand candidates where you are?
Donegal based here. There's never been a SocDems or PBP candidate in the constituency, while there was no labour nominee in the last election in 2020 either. Are there any parties not standing in your constituency this year (as of time of writing) or any parties that have a poor history of contesting in the area?
13:46 UTC
Is there a risk of the discontinuation of the Common Travel Area if Northern Ireland leaves the U.K. and becomes part of the Republic of Ireland?
Not sure if this is necessarily the right sub as the question overlaps UK politics, legal questions etc. but figured it’s worth an ask.
23:19 UTC
For their thinking of giving Labour a second chance.
Im old enough to be remember 2009-11. I remember when Enda Kenny cut Dole under 23’s because they were naturally lazy. Many services all cut. Some vital public infrastructure projects put on ice for 10 years. Instead of using historically low interest rates to build prosperity. Or keep our construction labour pool from fucking off to Australia
Or jobsbridge which instead of helping get jobs only helped companies avoid paying minimum wage and getting ‘interns’ to do work that deserved a wage.
Austerity has been proven for the absolute grace farce it is. It’s economic hooliganism. Yet we endured it for years. When public capital was used to rescue private.
What gets me is the supposed Left wing of Irish politics went gleefully with it. Labour under Ruairi Quinn themselves hiked the student fees. They said it would be temporary but didn’t come down until last year. Or the USC that would be a stopgap measure.
I don’t understand how lifelong leftists suddenly disavow their entire purpose and suddenly aim cuts at the most weakest people and at social programs. They helped weaken workplace rights.
It’s like everything is left wing about them except their economics.
Did we essentially lose 5 years to insane policies that worsened the Recession because they were too spineless to stand up to what was in fashion.
21:09 UTC
Most Seats in GE2024
Who do we think is going to win the most seats in the election so lads?
Realistically it's a toss up between FG and FF, and there's a slim chance the Shinners could bounce back but I'd doubt it. FG are considered the favourite by the bookmakers but with so many TDs having stepped down, in addition to facing challenges from independents, could FF stand to benefit from this? My thoughts are also FF may be appealing to floating voters who have been recently turned off by SF but that's my own view rather than a point of fact.
Anyway would be interested to have a wider discussion on this and would love to hear your views!
06:40 UTC
What would have to happen to swing the election back in SF's favour?
Not talking about what is necessarily likely to happen but completely hypothetically
Would FG have to make a huge blunder? Would SF have to make a radical change ? Would love to hear it
16:11 UTC